MINSHAR FOR ART, FILM DEPARTMENT
THE BOY | הילד
Dir: Yahav Winner
Avinoam and Barak, father and son from a Kibbutz bordering the Gaza strip, are forced to deal with another round of rockets and combat, each in their own way. One night, Barak reaches a boiling point and Avinoam is forced to absorb the heat.The filmmaker, Yahav Winner, was murdered by Hamas terrorists on the October 7th massacre after attempting to stall them in order to allow Shaylee Atary, his wife, to escape with their newly born daughter Shaya. 2022, 25 min
*2024 Israeli Academy Ophir Awards – Winner Best Short Film
*2023 Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival – Winner Best Cinematography
*2023 Filmschoolfest Munich – Winner Best Screenplay and Prix Interculturel Award
BEIT BERL ACADEMIC COLLEGE, FILM DEPARTMENT
THE BAT | העטלף
Dir. Coral Hoffman Haick
Roey, a 13 years old boy, finds an injured bat in a field and decides to take care of it. He hopes that healing the bat will heal his heart. But the mission gets complicated when his classmates demand that he gets rid of it. Roey realizes that the bat is quite similar to him, and he gets into a struggle where it’s not clear how things will turn out. 2023, 15 min
*2023 Cine Forte Festival – Winner: Uri Klein Award
SAM SPIEGEL FILM AND TELEVISION SCHOOL
TODAY IS THE DAY | היום זה היום
Dir. Roee Nagan
During an ugly divorce battle, Oded takes his son to the police station to file a complaint. When his son refuses to go into the station alone, Oded insists on finding a way for his voice to be heard too – even if it means sacrificing his son. 2024, 14 min
*2024 New York City Short Film Festival – Winner: Best Student Film
MINSHAR FOR ART, FILM DEPARTMENT
KOSHER TEST | בדיקת כשרות
Dir. Riki Rotter
Tamar, an ultra-Orthodox girl from an extremist community, is taken to the hospital by her beloved father, who thinks she has had sex. Her relationship with her father and her virginity both are being tested. In an ultra-Orthodox family, the father lies that the daughter was raped. Her father takes her to the hospital for an examination to determine the status of her virginity. The daughter finds herself undergoing an intrusive examination accompanied by questioning without any ability to make her voice heard and tell the truth. She experiences alienation from her family and neglect from the medical staff in a safe room. 2024, 16 min
*2024 Official Selection – Torino Film Festival
*2024 COPRO X TSIFF FICTION STUDENT LAB – Best Film Award
*2024 Jerusalem Film Festival – Honorable Mention, Short Film Competition
THE STEVE TISCH SCHOOL OF FILM AND TELEVISION, TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY
IT’S NO TIME FOR POP | זה לא זמן לפופ
Dir. AMIT VAKNIN
Finding an apartment in Tel Aviv is never easy, especially on Memorial Day. Nevertheless, Yael has no other choice but to leave her home. 2024, 14 min
*2024 Cannes Film Festival, La Cinef Selection
*2024 Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival – Israeli Competition
*2024 CINEMED Festival Montpellier – Short Film Competition